Understanding
and Using English Grammar. Betty Azar

Third Edition; with Answer Key

3rd. ed. - Longman, 2003 - 566
с.

Understanding and Using English
Grammar is a developmental skills text for intermediate to advanced students of
English as a second or foreign language. While focusing on grammar, it promotes
the development of all language skills in a variety of ways. It functions
principally as a classroom teaching text but also serves as a comprehensive
reference text for students and teachers

The eclectic approach and
abundant variety of exercise material remain the same as in the earlier
editions, but each new edition incorporates new ways and means. In particular:
The communicative aspects of Understanding and Using English Grammar are more
fully developed and explicit in the third edition. There are numerous "real
communication" opportunities for the teacher to exploit. The text often uses the
students' own life experiences as context and regularly introduces topics of
interest to stimulate the free expression of ideas in structured as well as open
discussions. The text supports the view of many experienced teachers that
grammar-based and communicative approaches are not mutually exclusive, but
rather mutually supportive and can co-exist in the same language program, even
in the same class, even in the same lesson.

Similarly, the interactive
aspects of the text receive greater emphasis in the third edition. Many of the
exercises formerly designated "oral" or "oral (books closed)" are now
reformatted to be used for pair work or group work, in addition to still being
viable as class work led by a teacher. This edition encourages interactivity but
leaves it open for the users to decide what degree of interactivity best suits
their needs.

There is now an even wider
variety of exercise types. This new edition has added more free-response
exercises and open-ended communicative tasks, while still providing ample
controlled-response exercises to aid initial understanding of the form, meaning,
and usage of the target structures. It also includes more writing topics, more
speaking activities, expanded error-analysis exercises, and additional
extended-context exercises.

Long chapters have been broken
into shorter units, and certain grammar units have been reorganized.